our guest host for the hour is bob doll. and bob, i was just looking through the "usa today" money section. you're on the cover of it. >> i see. >> in the investment roundtable section. it says here that the biggest issue, biggest deciding factor for how the next year is in terms of market is going to be washington? >> politics is the biggest risk. absent that risk there's some good things happening. but that risk can trump everything if they make the wrong move back to an earlier conversation. >> we speak with michelle meyer in the last hour and she's really concerned that no matter what happens, because you're going to see some sort of a deal it's going to mean some austerity. that very likely is going to cut into the consumer. if you don't have the businesses stepping back up in terms of investment is that going to be the vicious cycle that kind of kicks in? >> yeah, we need corporations to step up back to this uncertainty. if we get a little less unstirn, some of that cash needs to be put to work. consumers aren't going